7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens Book Report
As a freshman in highschool it can be difficult to stayed focused and set proper goals for your future, fortunately the book The 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey can help solve this problem.Taking responsibility for their own actions is definitely something freshmens have trouble with, so Habit , Be proactive , can be very important and useful. Also habits 2 and 3, Begin with the end in mind and Put first things first, are great tools to keep in mind when starting high school. Being accountable for your own actions is a very significant factor to making freshman year a smooth one. The first habit in the book The 7 Habits of highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey is a habit that can help freshmen with being responsible. Covey writes, “Proactive people make choices based on values. They think before they act. They recognize they can’t control everything that happens to them, but they can control what they do about it”( Covey 57). The author explains how proactive people think before they act and control the way they act. Being proactive and responsible help you to become a much better person and student also.Blaming your way through high school
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Mapping out your future is very important and allows you to see clearly where you’re going in life, habit 2, Begin with the end in mind is a tool that can help with this. This habit explains that without having a plan, you’ll end up in a job or place where someone else put you, without knowing what you want eventually someone will decide for you. In the book Covey explains, “The first is that you’re at a critical crossroads in life, and the paths you choose now can affect you forever. The second is that if you don’t decide your own future, someone else’ll do it for you.” (Covey 80). Setting goals and preparing for your future will help you, because then you know what you want and then you can focus on how to get
Mapping out your future is very important and allows you to see clearly where you’re going in life, habit 2, Begin with the end in mind is a tool that can help with this. This habit explains that without having a plan, you’ll end up in a job or place where someone else put you, without knowing what you want eventually someone will decide for you. In the book Covey explains, “The first is that you’re at a critical crossroads in life, and the paths you choose now can affect you forever. The second is that if you don’t decide your own future, someone else’ll do it for you.” (Covey 80). Setting goals and preparing for your future will help you, because then you know what you want and then you can focus on how to get